PENNSYLVANIA
STATE ITEMS
.
Piteairn.-—Adam Grablum, of W!l.
merding, was killed when his automo-
bile went over a fifty-foot embank-
ment on the Trafford Clty road near
here,
York—MiIilton Montgomery, a run-
aw.y York county boy, who was in-
Jured in a fall from a freight train at
Wilson, N. C., died at that place.
Allentown, —FPostmaster Joseph P,
Fry, received a letter from a man sign-
ing himself “J. B. Murray,”
German wife, of whose ecapabilities as
housew'ves, par excellence, he
heara much. He invokes the assist-
ance of the postmaster. Describing
the kind of a wife he wants, he says
he draws the line at “fat ones.” Mur-
ray says he is 50 years old and that
his home is in Brooklyn.
Harrisburg.—Governor Pinchot
named five delegates to
Pennsylvania at the nat'onal
January 11 to 14, 1924. The delega-
Lebanon; J. M. Berkey, Pittsburgh,
and M. 8S. Bentz, county school super-
intendent, Ebensburg.
Wilkes-Barre —The Wilkes-Barre
Institute, a g'ris’ school, whick
years has been located on South
Franklin street, has taken title to six
nue, on the west side of the river, A
155
About
school
modations for 250 pupils.
girls are enrolled !n the
year,
Pottsville.—William Reilly, of Min-
dry enforcement officer of this district,
declared his intention of resigning, the
duties not being compatible with his
work as an officer of the Woodmen of
the World. Prohibitionists of the
county were preparing to lodge a pro-
test against Rellly's appointment, al-
leging he has wet proclivities, but
Reilly denies this had anything to do
with his resignation. Rellly Is a _bor-
ough councilman and director of one
of the banks at Minersville,
Bethlehem. —A big celebration was
held at the home of Charles Eastman,
of Bethlehem, it being his 50th birth-
day, and the birthdays of his son,
William, and grandson, William,
and the wedding anniversary of
daughter, Mrs, Arthur A. Mattern.
Harrisburg. ~The state treasury be-
gins the month of November with a
balance of $12667.0642 in all funds,
Treasuger Snyder sald. Of
amount the general fund contains
$556,042. Receipts In October amount.
£7.010.557. The motor fund, with a
balance of £6.603,702, leads all others
Other halances were: 375,021, sink-
ing fund: $1802 497, road bond fund;
262.527. gasoline fund; 3822649, In-
surance tax fund; 3282791, dog tax
fund, and $037, normal school fund.
Pottsville.—A Reading
train for Philadelphia killed a buck
deer this side of Auburn.
cation was made to the state game
commissioner to allow the meat to be
used at state institutions in this sec-
tion.
Allentown.—In an effort backed by
‘deluge of so-called bankruptcy sales,
city eounecil passed on first
.an ordinance fixing $200 a month as
the license feet for temporary mer-
chants. Loca! business men have flied
many complaints against this form of
competition. Failure to pay the Ii
cense will subject the offender to a
jail sentence if the pending ordinance
is passed.
Mount Carmel.—From an injury re-
ceived while working ng a Rel Cross
the worlec war, Miss Hannah C
van died "ie oe. -
Greenrock.~—Mre, Catherine McKee,
aged 68 years, of this place, ar Inmate
of the Allegheny county home At
Woodville, leaped to her death from
a xetond-floor window,
Pittsburgh -~ William Cavell pleaded
guilty to voluntary mansiaughter be.
fore Judge Rowand after he told the
court that his common-law wife met
death while they were struggling for
possession of a pistol. Her last words
before the gun went off, he sald,
were: “Other women kill thelr hus.
bands and get off, and I'm going to
kill you and get off.”
Pittsburgh. — The police are search-
ing for a negro who attempted to as
gault Mrs. Julia Harvey, wife of Po-
liceman John Harvey, of Ingram. Mrs.
Harvey Is in a serious condition. Her
face’ was bruised, both eyes discolor-
ed, her body covered with bruises and
ghe suffered Internal Injuries. After
beating the woman, the negro threw
her from a bridge, a drop of twenty
feet.
York.-~Nathan Goodman, aged 790,
was found dead in bed at his home by
his daughter,
Richland.—Despondent because of
long illness and ‘he recent loss of nis
wife, Rolert I). Shultz ented his life
with a shotgun,
Altoona. ~— Exploding a shotgun shell
with a stone, John Mortner, 14, and
Carl Zaares, 7, were wounded 'n the
face, head and hands when the shot
was scattered in all directions,
Mountville ~Virginia Showers, aged
9 months, fell against a hot stove at
her home near here; and ik In a seri:
sus condition, ;
Sulli-
Bethlehem. — Frank. Mahl, aged 48 a
street cleaner, was killed when a gust
Striking his heal on the
hard pavement as he fell, his skull
Harrisburg-~Money due school d's
tricts for payment of state aid totals
$0.580,138 was
increase of $4580.630
February settlement, he
Of the amount unpaid on the
$420,000 is doe
the
Hazleton—Coming to the hard coal
to make a personal ‘nvestiga-
Wells, of New York, acting on behalf
of Mayor Hylan, went through the
underground operations of the A, S,
Vith Wickle estate at Coleraine. She
announced that she was seeking in-
York regarding the anthracite
Miss Wells was refused
to enter a nurcher of
mines at which she applied before go-
ing to Coleraine.
Tyrone —Falling against the flv.
wheel in the power plant of the West
Virginia Pulp and Paper company,
the concrete floor and his skull frac-
tured, .
Reading. —James A. Yeager, of Ti
township, brought su't for $2500
Nelman, ad-
the de
neglected weeds
to destroy
weeds spread on the plaintiff's farm
Wilkes - Barre.
brought on by ill-health, is belleved to
beer responsible for Plerce Kin-
have
72, ending his life In
ney, 72,
at West Nanticoke. The aged
placing the muzzle of
a shotgun beneath his chin
pulling the trigger. The
and
full
greater part of his head
Harrisburg. —Governor
nounced appointments
off.
Pinchot an
arehl
examiners of
Pugh,
the state board of ex
accountants,
Justice of the
board of
Joseph M
stnte
tects;
aminers of public
E. Crid peace
Hickory township, Forest county,
Berwick.—Joseph Cleaver, a Milf
flin township farmer, was held under
£1000 hearing
charge of starting a forest fire
vey Hartzel, a
Cleaver started a
farm and did not
acres of timber
¥
r., As for
bail for a on a
Har
neighbor, alleged
fire
watch It,
land the
brush on
on
Harrisburg.
of social
with
Contemplating a stndy
work organizations
Pennsylvania
dealing
the de
etter
Negroes,
to all such organizations asking thelr
opinions of its and
Secretary
seekin
Potte
sent to
merits @
their co-operation, r
announced,
eighty-eight
doing social
citizens,
be instituted, a
held to outline the
Potter sald
"he letter was
institutions and agencies
among the
Should the proposed survey
work negio
conference will
work further,
Dir
ed by the Influx of migrants from f{}
south Into various regions of Penn
for meeting concrete situs.
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of the Presbyterian church
gession Twelve boards and
Executive members named Rev
C. XN. Roulston, VYandergrift:
Jornettan, North Philadelphia;
J. D. Burrell, Williamsport;
were
tev
and Washingthn
Brandon, Washington, Pa.
Altoona.~As a result of building ae.
tivitles this year, housing facilities
have been provided for 300 additional
families,
Shenandoah.~Thomas Tanner,
nalman and watchman at
Station, a suburb, was found dead at
wig
passenger train.
Seranton.~Various maladies, tuber
with the animals in the city zoo,
Connellsville~~When her
caught fire as she stood
"se TM a. ir: ft 4
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Keen Says Texas Is Hot
“Talk heat,”
Pitcher Yi¢ Keen of the Chi
cago Nationals, “Those nine
or ten weeks [| was in the Texas
league lust summer with Wiehi-
ta Falls it averaged better than
a hundred.
“1 pitched a game one after.
noon when it was 120 out there
on the field, and It went 16 in-
nings. Between rounds | stuck
my feet, shoes and all, In =a
bucket of water to keep the
spikes from blistering my feet.”
about BAYS
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POV e ee PPP RVI OEIVEVY
NEVER PLAY AGAIN
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Game-winning home runs are
the only things Charles (Casey)
when they
train I”
an old phrase
world, its
“I'he gravy
It's
of the
and existence
discovered until after Casey's first
telling stories without repeating a
“gravy train” back fn the spring.
would remark:
“Well, that: brings
The train™
the
monnes n
‘Bravy
“gravy
of the Glant party and who is forever
yarn, first began talking of the
nearer home”
The “gravy”
one station
cut.
caught on with the Giants and they've
1
wank the
Jt
his heart-breaking
rounded the bases
after run
ate
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Ignorant on Inside Ball
like un
but Bill Friel
truth:
hose yolunteer so«
Friel and
about =a
he bind
v town near St. Louis
vizing Bill #ign for
irowns without
Friel listened to all
points of the phenom, and then
asked:
“Does he know anything
sebagai?
‘he booster, being candid and
“No, 1 don't
they
josed park out u
he plays, but
+ the difference.”
sounds old
lie,
the
This
moss-backed
it for
ft
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ane
ute
hed began
wonderful
#efn In some
fn
him the
delgy
to
the
good
about
inside ha
replied
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S604 LIV FPLEVLERVEPLOY
“Sparky’
* Gets Chance
a
port Notes
holds
Argentine the world cham
Papyrus seems lke old
a rather
* » .
Yale has 300
places in Its
orows
over
aspirants
* . »
teams have
geven times and
tennis
American
the
won
the
Davis
3 allinm
Australians
cup
six.
. * .
of Lyle’ Richeson nat
s the feature of Yale's sur
prising early season play.
» * »
The work
quarter wi
In Pennsylvania §
receipts of all
per cent of the
gross boxing
or exhibitions Is paid to the state.
» * .
Nationals have
won 20
7;
Cincinnati
pitchers who games
are: Luque,
Rixey, 20
Donohue,
21,
- » .
of the Brooklyn National league
club, has signed a contract
- » »
Basket-ball, baseball, volley hall,
tennis and all the typical
American sports are now being played
It's the same old story from the
what would a football sea
BATE
“Sparky” - Adams of the Chicago |
Cubs, who is making good as a substi |
tute at short for Charlie Holiocher.
Fans who have watched “Sparky”
ously burned,
driver at the Pennsylvania colliery,
was nearly killed when
Hazleton, — Perhaps the first avenue
in the United States named
President Coolidge was that dedicated
in his honor at Drums Mardor, s sub
urhb. :
Marietta,
a sweet potato that weighed over five
pounds,
Easton Arrangements are under
wny for the celebration of the cen.
tennial of Lafayette College. The
first class was not graduated from the
college unt'l 1882, but steps were tak.
en toward founding the institution In
1824. consequently the centennial will
be celebrated next year,
Kuipmont William H. Henninger,
a miner, died from injuries suffered
when hix head struck a tree branch
while riding a truck to work,
Ephrata~Mrs, Susan T. MeHller,
75 years old, and biind for years, died
from injuries received 'n a fall several
days ago. '
leagde,
Kansas City Proves Meal
Ticket for Other Teams
All attendance records in the Ameri.
ean associatiop were shattered this sea-
Ac
cordifg to Thomas J. Hickey, president
of the league, the Missouri club played
to a total of 425000 cash customers
daring its season's home gppearance.
This eclipses its we mark of 300,000
Kansas City. has been the savior to
several ¢lubs this year, Milwaukee
wis paid more than any other team
for its appearances in the Blue strong
hold. The season's check handed Mil
waukee by the Kaysee management
war £17,000,
Although a powerful gate atiraction
at home. the Blues have not drawn
large crowds on the road. For in
stance, at Toledo recently they played
to 70 paid admissions. "Their end of
the receipts amounted to £14.50,
“Bubbles” Hargrave Is
Praised by John McGraw
Cincinnatl Natlonals, is halled by John
MeGraw, New York's manager, as one
of the steadiest receivers and the sure
pst hitter in a pinch he has seen this
wengon, He also pralsed Hargeave's
throwing ability. “Bubbles” ustaily
has the Glants tied te the bags when
the Reds play against them.
. - -
since 1912,
» * .
That newly discovered
gavage tralts is Hkely to have a big de-
mand from football coaches.
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Kid Gleason returned Frank Conkey
and Everett Purdy to Lincoln, after
being convinced that they would not
make good in the American league.
Snively of Princeton
football squad out
this fall and under the leadership
Captain Snlvely !
big factor in
to Restore Sight.
Despite optimistic statements to the
which recently found their
into print the indications are
George Sisler will never play ball
To be cut down right in the prime
of youth, before he really had reached
And
Louis Browns,
the Bt.
league,
not only Sisler,
the American
Sigler, through his remarkable play-
Ty Cobb's successor, probably
bigger favorite
his winning per-
become fn
abe
report
valuable than Ruth.
The latest on Sisler
much of a mystery as last winter when
unable
is
wus
Fobl
Louls
With
the
ousted as
Browns recently,
Lee
st
will club
become the manager of the
first hase
not assured, although it has
months since he stricken
influenza,
Sisgler's drawback Is
sinus affection Which
the perfect sight of hig right eye.
wenk nerve which controls the
the of * Han although it
ir Sisler today
Was
with
present i
interferes
It
focus of
proving,
be tally recovered
“Time alone determine toy
player,” sald Sisler the
in discussing the
ho
Case,
“Last spring I had [Hes
uniform
this
expected
On
desire unti
Then 1 to be hack
game by September 1 at the Intest
“1 will not any
I'm optimisti
winter's rest will cure
If it doesn't, however, then
make foolish
that the
a keen eye to pick that small ball out
of the rough, and Sisler has done it
repeatedly with a mashie,
that caused him to be the most-talked
about player in the game,
sight Is certain to destroy much
his confidence at the plate, and also
handicap his fielding.
Dod gers’ New H urler
Photograph of i. W. “Rube” Yarri-
son, leading pitcher of the Portland
(Ore) team in the Pacific Coast league,
who has been sold to the Brooklyn Na
tionals for delivery in 1024,
Big Record fer Errors
Made by Larry Corcoran
flere Is a record for booting them.
In a game played May 17, 1884, Bos.
ton vs Chicago, Larry Corcoran, the
regular hurler, was called on to play
shortstop as the regular man was sick.
Every hit was aimed at Larry, for he
had twenty chances in the game,
Here
is Cofcoran's Peptfd three putouts,
seven assists, ten ITE, “
5
Big Herreshoff Plants
at Bristol Are Closed
The Herreshoff shops at Bristol are
closed for an indefinite period. Many
of the most famous yachts, including
those that defended America’s cup,
and many radidal changes in yacht de
ng originated In the mind of the
fits John and his brother, Nathaniel
4. Herreshoft,
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BEATS THE DEVIL
Two Irishmen had visited St, Pant's
enthedral. One was from fhe country
and had been taken the famous
building by his friend, who wished him
to be duly lmpressed by
As they cume out the resident of the
city said:
“Well, Mike, and phwat do you think
of it? Isn't it grand
“Put,” sald the one from
try, “it bates the divil!”
“Thut,” said his friend,
tention.”
to
{18 grandenr,
ad
the
Coun.
“was the In
Yhe Next Train.
“John” sald the commuters wife
train does Mr. Lawnmower
“He takes the one after mine”
“If he takes the train after yours,
do you know what train he
'
“is ¥
jecuuse that's the ane | 4d
take,
Just the Thing.
Aunt Lucy
fit for a poor
dumb and blind. 1 wish
hones
deaf,
could do
We're arranging s
old lady who is
you
I sure can. 1 her
ob as a chaperon,
Phillipa
ady 4
a steady J
cnn get
Contempt’ of Court.
Defendant (in a i
Justice! 1
Silence!
! demas
Judge
nse remember that t
to Trust,
firmn iz Watch
Firms
good
Walte
another is Attit
And still another is Dx
Eut the best of all is Gr
A pretty
ATi Early
Bairett
Give Me 2 Cuba Stout,
“Your husband denies It,” sald
isn’
tween meals?
. replied the
“He eats between smok
Guesswork,
Very }
little W
“Heredity explains that
fle's father is a doctor.”
time we have a gues<ing
ile wins™
Little Wii-
—The Spur.
Would Be Expected.
Caller—Is the editor in?
Office Boy—No.
“Well, throw this poem in the woste
"
Compromise,
HHe—You kept me walting for over
hour.
She—Yes,
not have
but just think, 1 might
come at ail :
An Irish Bal.
An Irishman, discussing doing things
“before breakfast,” said: *1 never do
breakfast. and if 1 do
PUZZLED.
Mr. (look-
ing at golf ball): \
My! what kind of \
an egg is that? % 2
Zi
Owl
Bsn,
A Difference.
The haughty son of wealth requires
Mint sauce as well as mutton;
The bumble tramp begs for a shirt
To sew upon his button,
Breaking News to Father,
Harold—And now I'll have to see
your father and get his consent to our
marriage.
Phillippa~—Don't bother about that
old dear. I'll tél] him about it in time
for him to raise money for the wed
ding expenses, i
Maintaining Discipline,
Carrie-—If you considered that cook
just perfect why did you send ber
away?
Helen--My bushand was
she'd stay. ~-New York Sun.
No Nead of It
“Say, stranger,” said a man travel
ing in Kansas, “why don’t they put up
a sign, ‘Dangerous’ down here at this
ford? 1 drove through there just now
and came nenr getting drowned
"Wall, now, I guess everyhody that
goes across finds out t's dungerous
80 we don't need no sign”
hoping
we. Wet Pages, :
Buhseriber—This book is quite down,
Librarian—Yes; the pire ore on
much over it we simply can’t keep +
om
dry, ~Lundop Answers,